Leap Motion starts store sales of its motion controller on July 28

The motion controller for Windows and OS X Leap Motion is from July 28 to buy in the store. With the gadget, it is possible to get a computer with hand gestures to operate. He was already more than a year to order and since last week delivered.

The motion controller is a small device that via usb connected to a pc or Mac and using the supplied software, and hand gestures of the user to recognize. He can also be objects such as a pencil, recognizing that texts can be written. The controller supports multitouch and is, according to Leap Motion to a hundredth of a millimeter accurately. Leap Motion is not clear on which technique is used but it is reminiscent of Kinect for Windows from Microsoft.

Leap Motion also has the so-called Airspace Store opened with the applications that the Leap Motion controller support. To developers to encourage them has Highland Capital Partners, the investor that is also in Leap Motion invested, the so-called Leap Fund was established. The fund has about $ 25 million to distribute ‘game-changing’entrepreneurs and developers who have a good idea.

The Leap Motion controller costs in America 80 dollars and 70 pounds in the United Kingdom. When the controller is in Dutch shops to purchase will be is not yet known. Asus and HP have already announced that they are the technology of Leap Motion into laptops and all-in-ones go installation.